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THE ABBEVILLE PRESS AND " BANNER '
BY W. A. LEE AND IIUGII WILSON. ABBEVILLE. >S. O.. VUTDAV AnnnkT \o is"?n v/\rmfrtv\mT
CONGAREE
UN WORKS
ColTiml>in, S. O.
^ ??
Proprietor.
SUGAR CANE MILLS,
LIST OF PRICES,
3 IlnlierS I 1 int-.lics diameter
3 " ]'2 11 *7o,00
;; " in " *05,00
2 " 11" *<'?5,00
2 w 12 u $50,00
2 " 10 ? 0,00
Above prices complete with frame.
Without frame $10,00 le.io oil each
31111.
SEVENTY GALLON BOIL
ER $20,00
Delivered at the Railroad IX-pot ia
tiiie cilj*.
Ktenm Engines. Roil^r*, Cotton Presses,
Grist aud Saw Mill Gearing of nil kinds
to order. Iron and Brass Casting:1, on
6hort notice and uioet reasanatle I urine.
Giu Gefuing constantly on hand of the
following 6izeB.
9 foet whoel and pinion, $.10.00
10 u i? u i.t "S^.SO
11 ? w ? " ".15.00
12 " u u u "45 00
14 M u " " "50.00
With Dolts SO 50. Extra for ca<;l? Bet.
Antifriction plates and IJalla for Colli
Pre.*? $10.00 and $12.00, per set.
N. Ii. Terms Cash on delivery, at R.
R. here.
JOHN ENRIGHT, Ag't,
Abbeville C. H.
> r a* aha - -^
/my *4, icyu, 4?ii.
ROBERT WOOD & CO.,
PHILADELPHIA
ORNAMENTAL IRON WORKS.
GARDEN and Oinelery adorninc-nts, Cast,
Wrought Iron aud Wire Kitilinpi, Fountains,
Vases, Verandas, Settee*, Arboirt, Chairs,
bummer Houses,
IRON STAIRS:
Spiral and straight, in every variety of patterns.
New and improved styles of Hay|l tucks
Mangers, Stable Fixtures, Stall Divisions, ifcc.
PATENT WIRE WORK.
Bailings, 8lore Fronts, Door and Window
Guards^ Farm Fencing, Ac.
BRONZE WORK.
Having niiea up our Foundry with ppecml
reference to above class of woik, we ore now
prepared to fill with promptness all orders for
Bion/e Castings of Statuary, colossal, heroic,
and life size.
. ORNAMENTAL IRON GOODS.
The largest assortment to be found in the
United States, all of which are executed with
the express view of plea>iug the l/wto, while
they eombine all the requisites of beauty aud
substantial construction.
Purchasers may rely on hiving all nrtiol
s carefully boxed and shipped to the 2>lace
of destination.
_:i: ?i - ? * J
L/COlglJD Will UO DVUU WU tUUBtt WUU WI3Q lO
make a- selection.
May 20, 1870. 4? Cm.
At the Furniture Store,
Large German Plate Looking Glasses,
A lot !of German Glass Plates
to Fill Old Frames.
March 25, 1870, 48-tf
WANTED.
1.000 Bushels W&cat,
FOR which the highest price will be
paid in cash, when delivered at
my milL .
HITf.U WIT enw
II IblJVil*
July 15, 1870, 12?tf
J. C. NOUND, ACT,
S^DUR - AND HARNESS MAKER,
iBABWES,
; Hams M Ms BepaM.
AI?0, T,
EUBUnTtTRB repaired and re^ ?red.
Cane Scats put in Ghain
worlcdorii neatly, and on reason
abtoiet^ib'tNCA^W r .
....,
1
OUR CHILDHOOD.
nv GKonuE n. rnnxTicB.
'Ti* fn<l, yet sweet to listen
To tins ?oft wind's gentle swell,
An\ think wo hear the music
Our chihlliood knew fo well:
T?? gaze out on ttie even.
Anil the fields of nir.
Ami ft cl iijuiu our lioj hoo.l'd wish,
To lotiui like nugels there.
There are many ilrennnof gln<lues3
Tli.it cling nrounil tlie pnM ?
Ami from tiie tomb of feeling
Old thoughts coiiio thronging fual;
Th.! forms \ve loved so deaily
In the happy daienow gone,
Tli'* be uiliful ami lovely,
So fair to look upon.
The bright ami gentle mnitlena
That necnii'd to formed for bliss,
To ? glorious ami too heavenly
For sui-h a world as this,
Whose soft daik eyes secui swimming
In a sea of liquid light..
Ami whose looks of goid were dreaming
O'er brows so suuuy biiglit.
Whose sruile? wore like the sunshine
In the Spring time of the year?
Like the changinggleams of April,
They followed every tear I
They have pasted?like hopes?awav,
Ami their loveliness has lied;
Oh. mn*iy a heart :a mourning
That th<-y arc with the dead.
*
Like thrt brightest lines of summer
Tin y have fallen with the stein ;
Yet, olt it i9 a lovely death
To liide from earth like theuil
And j*et th?thought is snd leuing
To uitHc on siieh ns tliev.
At <1 fep] (hut nil the beautiful
Are passing fust nwuy.
Tint I lie ft* i i- ones whom we 1<>vo
Grow to tihch loving l> en-.t,
Like *. lie t> mlril nf the clinging via1,
Then perish with the rest.
And v can hut thii.k of theso,
In the s' ft ftiul g??it!e Spring,
th" trees am waving o'er 11?,
Ami (lie flowers ore blossoming;
Bml we lcnotf litut Wii.'.er'fl coming,
With h.i? eoM an.l sfoniiy ekj',
Ah'l the s'orioue homily routl-'i i:s,
Is building but to die 1 <
?o?.
"BLANCHE DE COURCY;
on,
Female Accomplishments,
<;Th Mr. TJrownlow "within ? Can I
SCO llilll .'IKlvi'il il KWOOI". voif-o uiir>li
as was seldom heard in the colossal
hanking and mercantile houso of
Brownlow & Co.
The middle-aged cleric, who luid
become respectably bald in tho service
of '-The Firm," looked attentively
at the fair young speaker, ere he j
even took his reply into consideration J
She was simply dressed in deep]
mourning; but there was an air of
evident refinement in the sable toilet,
and the unconsciously proud carriage
of the graceful head spoke so plainly
of aristocratic birth and breeding,
that Mr. Cole could scarcely doubt tho
applicant's right to claim the interview
she asked.
"I really cannot say, miss. If you
will give me your name, 1 M ill see if
Mr. Bl'OWuloW IS Jlllla to Biwm vnn
- - J?- - J I
a lew minutes, but he seldom sees
anyone, except on most urgent business
"Will you toll him that Miss I)o
Courcy will feel greatly indebted if he
will see her for a short time. My business
is most important, but 1 will
detain him as short a time as possible.
Mr. Cole's doubts scorned to clcar
away, as the name of an old client of
the house met his ears. Admiral Do
Courcy had kept a pretty largo account
at Browniow's, and they had
transacted his business for him, till he
returned finally to England. And so |
the name was sufficient passport to
the inner sanctum, where the head of
the house ruled the destines of many
a far distant family?wo had well
nigh paid region?at his pleasure.
"I am honored by this visit from
Miss Do Courcy," said tho courteous
old man, rising, with n, polished bow,
to give his young guest a scat near
his own ample chair. "What can I
have tho pleasure of doing' for her?
Any service I can render to tho family
of Admiral De Courcy will give
me great pleasure."
The girl threw back her veil with a
kind of desperate resolution, display
ed a countenancc of uncommon beauty.
"Uncommon," not (simply from
its loveliness, but from the mingling
of intellect and child-like sweetness it
betokened. Intellect spoko in tho
broad brow and large thoughtful eyes,
while tho mouth was most infantilo
in its full, soft led lip<?, and pleasing
gentleness of expression.
"It is a great?a very great service,"
said Blanche Do Courcy,in a lialf-chokcd
voice, "that I wajit. But, indeed?
indeed, Mr. Browlow. you shall never
repent granting it, if you will give
mo a patient hearing to explain tho
purpose for which I need tho favor.
The great mau's faco underwent a
remarkable transformation at the
girl spoke. From bland an.d deferential
courtesy it assumed tho character
of cold and doubtful formality.
"Of course, I cannot refuse to hoar
you, Miss Do Courej'; but I am little
in tho habit of any romantic weaki
nesses; and I am so pressed for timo,
I'must beg you to bo brief."
Poor Blanche's whole fratno shivered,
and a cold, dull chill wont to her
heart's core; but tho brave spirit conquered
tho bodily weakness, and she
Baid, calmly:
"Mr. Browalow, tho service I need
id that you will lend mo?or rather,
mamma and mo?five thousand
pounds,"
"Miss T>o Coarcy, I promised to
hear yon^ but really my time is too
precious to bo wasted in such trifling.
If yon have propor securities on
wbfch to taiso monoy, I will order my
broker to attend to your'business:
batif?"
' .."No?^no?not" exclaimed*the girl,
snddonly recovering her energies, and
with tho'trai'tn blood , thai had congealod
at.hcr liQ^ tidipgover Cheeks
and brow. VYou will?you mustheai
' ,'tpo 1" J cannot give npmy only, hope 1
: Mfr. Brownlow, yon know . my .fiithei
I lived up to incomo: and?nndVpoot
iptimma bad each refined tastes, and
sho went beyond what lio allowoi
her: and pleaso don't blamo her
She had to borrow money, and i
drcadlul man lent it*her on very ox
travagant terms, and it went on am
on, and now ho chiinis if. ??H :
I1 will kill her, and bring poor papa'
namo into disgrace; and 1 can no
bear to think of it, so 1 catno in des
pair to 3-011!''
Tho rapid uttcranco, tho forcct
composuro, tho crushed tears am
Hushed checks, told even- tho practi
cal man of tho world that tlicro wa
no effort at effect, but tbat all cam
from tho heart, true and simple, am
unvarnished; still his tono was liar<
and unmoved, as he replied:
"Miss Do Courcy, I am very sorn
that tbo wifo of an honorable mai
should bo unworthy of him, and stil
mure bo that you, as an innocent per
son, should suffer; but I assure yoi
that even my presumed wealth wouh
soon be exhausted, if 1 were to listci
to such painful appeals. I really
havo not livo thousand pounds t<
throw away 011 such uucalled-for-fbl
ly."
"I do not ask?I would nottako it.'
replied the girl proudly. '-Mr. Brown
low, though 1 am unable to commaiu
lhe sum, or the Ic^al security for it,
at least oiler you some pledgo for it
return. 1 havo seven thousam
pounds left to me by tho will of m]
grandmother, Lady Iledmyne; and .
am readv and willim* T"vn,T
r ..? f-> J v 1
when I comc of ago, and Iho interes
till then out of my income."
''It ij illegal. You are a minor
your future husband can claim it, atu
it is not worth a button-toss," ho an
swered.
"I know?I know I" sho pleaded
eagerly. '-Butean you not trust mo'
Will yon not risk so little to do sc
much'good, Mr. Brown low? I wil
si^n any paper you draw up ; [and ]
solemn'y dcclaro 1 would cut oil' mj
hand that signs it rather than forfei
th? pledge; and," she added, with s
tlaftii of "iho archness of other days
' if I were to?to do what you sav'
my husband must take mo with al
my'liabilities, including poor mamma's
and your claim."
"Ami ii" you do not marry, you can
not live on two thousand pound*
child." said the banker abruptly.
"Yes, I can; and besides, I ear
leach. I know many things. I air
not afraid," she said simply. "Bui
jjive poor mamma. Sho is so nor
vous and delicate, and needs so man)
luxuries; and this mnu nearly lei!!;
her.
"Pity he does not outright," camc
, between the bankers teeth; but he
suppressed the spontaneous exclamation,
and paid, in a kinder thougl
gravu tone ".Miss l)c Courey,*I car
malco no promise until I have cxamin
cd moro fully into this matter. It
tho first placo. I should need to bt
assured of the title 3*011 possess to the
money 3*011 ofiVr as security. In the
next I do not feel inclined to this ras
cull)'usurer, or let you pa)' what it
his due; 3*ct I presume, 'there is nc
chock 011 tho a (fair. Extravagant
people like 3'our mother seldom condescend
to keep an)' accounts, or
know what they owe, or what the)'
pay."
'I think I could," replied tho girl
answering painfully.
"You! Why I should not think thai
you knew that there wcro debit and
credit sides to an account."
^Indeed I do. I am very fond 0]
arithmetic ; and I know there are a lol
of papers in mamma's eabinct whieli
might I do believe, show how mucL
she really has had of this Ml*. Part
ridge, and what elie?"
' And whether sho has ever paid
him anj'thing," said the banker
brusquely. "Well I will go so far uf
this and no fu-uier, young lady
bring j*our mother'8 papers bcro th<
day after to-morrow, and if you car
make anything like a satisfactory ac
count to show the real state of things
and if I can satisfy m3*wclf that youi
little fortune is really at your owr
disposal when you aro of age, I ma]
then consider whether I should bt
fool enough to trust your bond.?
Mind, I don't give you any promise
IlVyou liko to try what yon can do
you may. I don't bind myself to any
?i.in~ ?
And Blanche, with a heart tha
well-nigh choked her in its tumultu
ous beatings, and eyes that swam ii
tears that threatened to bceomo sobs
pressed the banker's offered han<
gratefully in hers, and retired wilhou
any further reply than her cloquen
features gavo to tho proposal.
"At twelvo, then," ho said as sh
gained tho door; "and mind, be puuc
tual."
There was little danger of the girl*
breaking the appointment.
"J{cally, Blanche, you aro ver
thoughtless to leavo mo so Ion";
alone," said her mother, frctfblly, a
tho girl entered tho modest apart
mertts which had been their sesidene
since Admiral De Courcy's death. "
am quite ill with a frightful, nervou
headache, and llaiTIirre is so saue;
since we came hero ill these miserj
bio lodgings, and said she had s
much to do, she could not eparo tim
to batho my head and fan me, as I oi
dcred her to do, for half an houi
And there is another lottcr from tha
horrid Mr. Partridgo. I am euro
am tho most iil-uscd creature, an
your father so imprudent to leavo m
as ho did,- after scarcely allowing m
the necessaries of life."
"Dearest mamma, please do 11c
talk so," said Blancho, quickly. "
cannot bear you to spoak of darlin
papa, who was so good and generot
, to us, and always denied himself ever
nunocossary luxury. Only try to fc
happy, and get well, and I art cm
we can man ago in some way. Whet
is Mr. Partridge's letter, mamma?"
- 'There, f believe, I really did p<
read tt; of course it was somothln
horrid. It's too muohfor my nerve
These wretohed, vulgar.peoplo are t
i coarse."
pianche silently opened the iridfj
naht and sharply Worded epistlo <
' tlio usurer, couched in all the tpOBt i
gulling at>il severe language that il
1 . cession cotlld "warrant";' arid tho r
-
* v "J f Av
1 ecntly dawning hope died away at llio
! tor ri bio reality of its threats,
n It was Mich a Blonder thread which
hung betweoU tliem ami utter ruin
I and disgrace.
t Tho rest of the evening was spent
s in listening to and soothing tho fretful
t complaints and humors of her mothi
cr's quorulous ailments and hardships;
while tho poor girl's own mind was
I lorn by tho ever-present vision of tho
J horrors that awaited her mother, and
- the cloud which would shadow the
s brightness of her father's honored
0 memory, should her lust desperate oxJ
pedient prove futile, and the forlorn
1 hope of such trustful and generous
aid vanish in tho stern reality of a
f probable rejection. Sbo went to bod
? heart-sick and weary, and when filio
1 awoke alter troubled and broken
- slumbers, she felt almost scorn of her
:i own bold presumption, to imagine
1 that such a favor as she had dared to
> ask could bo granted by that stern
i and prosaic banker.
j It was with :i far more heart-sick
1- and weary step and mien than on her
first visit, that Iilancho dc Couroy
" once again entered the vast premises
- of Messrs. Brownlow & Co. >Sho was
1 well nigh prepared for a polite refusal
I of any more interference in tho :iflair
s ?or, at the best, for a bare fulfilment
1 of the promise lie had given to inves'
tigato the a flair.
1 "Mr. Brownlow will bo disengaged
i in a few minutes, miss, if you will
t pleaso walk into tho secretary's
room," said a kind of half-clerk, half:
messenger, as she entered tho large
1 portico; and, following her guide up
- the wide staircase, she was ushered
into a large apartment, not far inferior
, in comfort and sizo to tho private
t room of the mighty "chief."
) A gentleman was sifting at a large
1 table in the ccntro of the room, busily
I engaged with formidable masses of
* books and papers; and Blanche inL
stinctively drew back, hoping that in
i his pre occupation, he might not have
hnnrd * lio unicn aP
? I " - ?? "V.ww vra. tuu 111^5 uuur,
, and that flic might retire unperecived.
I But her couductor at onco frustrated
i this intention, by announcing in sqnorous,
measured tones:
"The lad}', if 3*011 please, Mr. Ern?
est," and the individual addressed, at
onco turned round, and left her no al1
ternativo but to advance into U10
1 room.
t "Miss DcCourccy, I presume," said
- the young man, with a frank, yet pol'
ished smile and bow. "My uncle will
J havo tin pleasure of seeing you alniC.st
directly; meanwhile allow* mo
> to introduce myself as his nephew,
' Earnest Paget, and do the noiiprs of;
our poor oltico in his namo."
1 And, with earnestness and kindly
1 courtesy, that at onco reassured the
trembling girl us to her reception, at
1 any rate, I10 placed a chair for her
near tho blazing tiro, and insisted on
! relieving her of the small bag, which
1 was swollen beyond its natural dimen
sions by the bulky papers it contain1
ed.
"'Forgivo me, if I seem to betray
- confidence," he said, as Blanche.'*
timid, distrait answer to his remarks
' betrayed tho abstraction and anxiety
' of her mind; "but I cannot help assuring
you that it is very rarely iny
I uncle takes up any affair he docs not
carry out io me utmost, ana 1 know
' that lie lias determined to investigate
I thoroughly the business you have
done him the honor to confide to him."
f Certainly it was rather a danger'
oub position for a young and romantic
1 individual liko Earnest Paget, when
1 tho bright, grateful 6milo of that
beautiful and agitated girl came like
warm sunshine on his senses; though
' assuredly at that moment lilanche
> was sadly unconscious whether it was
* as maturo a personage as tho middlc:
aged clerk, or a highbred young fel3
low liko the banker's nephew, on
1 whom that smile -was bestowed. And
- Earnest had tho tact and ;delieato
> sympathy to return to his occupation,
r and leave her undisturbed for the
1 quarter of an hour before Mr. TJrown'
low entered, llo had on a great coat
J ana ins hatwas in his hand, while his
" whole manner betokened tho sharp
' decision of a man to whom minutes
'? are worth hundreds.
' Miss Do Courc}', I seo you havo
kept your engagement, and I will
keep mine. My nophew will go over
" tho account with 3*011, and if you
3 provo that you can reduce it to a tanl>
giblo and intelligent form, I will do
^ my best to nave you from danger?if
^ I can do so to any real or permanent
t purpose. Whon all is ready ho will
give me tho rosult, and cro long you
c will hear from mo. Take caro all is
accurato, or I will wash my hands of
tho affair."
8 And with a look and smilo that
redeemed tho apparent harshness of
7 tho words, tho banker disappeared.
5 "You aro given into my custody
8 now, Mis9 Do Courcy," said Ernest
'* smiling. "Uowcvor, I liopo I shall
0 not bo a vory hard task-master.
J When shall I begin our duties, my
8 fair pupil?"
y "To-day, if you pleaso?that is, if
l" you aro at leisure," she ropliod timid
0 ly.
0 "I do quite pleaso," ho said, in the
samo half-josting yet kindly toho,
* which inspired a strange confidence
& in thft timid girl; ."only, as I think it
1 will sparo us both somo troubl,e if
d you will trust that volamo to my .caro
0 and inspection, I would propose wo
fc should bogin to-morrow, and, I dare.
say, our task will not be a very severe
>t one. Will that suit your convenience
lX Miss De Courcy.
g Of course there could bo but one
is reply to tho proposal, and Blanche
V den&rtad oneo more from tho vaRt.
>0 banking hotise with singled fear and
hopo and self distrust, that kept hor
e waking daring the live-long night,
and rendered her mother's querulous
>t maundering woll-nigh Intolerable to
g her pre-occupied mind.,
g, . # * * # *
Krncfit Paget had been ft wrangler
at Cambridge; and Blanche Do Cour- j
g- cy had been educated by a lady, whom
of a , high autthorjty pronounced '-the
n- only ftroale' mathematician of the
?e day". And yet tl?o fr.n^led accounts
e- f Mrfi. DcOourcy and Mr, Partridge
? -.WA^ U.JL JL * JLM. V \J?
seemed lo present wonderful difficulties
to their united intellects. Mr.
8win Ion, llio middle-aged clerk, who
was mado "tiers" at tho consultation,
for the professed purpose of taking
on himself the young man's neglected
<1 it Lie.-*, and perhaps also for the object
of playing a kind of malo chaperon,
used to enliven his dreary labors hy
humming, sotlo vocc: "She showed him
the way?sho showed him the way?
sl?o showed him the way to woo."
15ut this was probably an old bachelor's
test in ess, lor not 0110 word -ever
passed between tho grave young accountants
that might not havo been
uttered in tho hearing of Mr. l>abbage
himself. And at length tho "balance
shcet'J was finished, and Mr.
Partridge's claim reduced from ?5,000
to JJ3.500, even at tho most extravagant
amount of interest that could
have been exacted from an unsecured
debtor,
"It is perfectly wonderful, my dear
uncle," was Ernest's remark, as lie
laid it before bis uncle, nt the end of a
week from the commencement of
llieir labors. "Miss JJeCourey is as
clear-headed and aecurato as Mrs
Somerville herself, and yet as gentle
and feminine as thc.veriest child who
sports in thegrecn Kincsat Fernidale."
Possibly," was the dry reply ; "but
what 1 asked for from you Ernest,
was a report of Mrs. J>e(Jourcy's affairs,
and not of her daughters attractions
; and I would just givo you a
bint my boy, that if 1 am to set the
one straight you must not entangle
vfinrunir ?m#I. n.n A?
j WVI* Oibii UIU milUJ . 11 IIJ IlUllsense
of that kind and J/throw tlio
thing up at once."
Ernest l'ugct was a portionless
nephew of tho millionaire's, arid hud
he been ever so lovo stricken, he
could uothave extended the slightest
aid to the fair "queen of his soul;"
and as (die had no tangible reason to
suppose Miss DoCourcy had bestowed
one thought on him, s.ivo as the
assistant in her difficult task, he wisely
held his peace, and concluded his
explanation in a more business-lilce
stylo than its commencement.
It was some three da3's later when
Blanche was summoned to the presence
of tho banker in brief, though
courteous terms, which gave no clue
to tho result of his deliberations, and
her heart beau wildly as she was
again ushered after a brief delay into
his presence.
"Miss PeCourcj-," said Mr. Brownlow,
gravely. "I am a man of business,
and seldom waste words ; so wo will
come at once to tho point. From the
account submitted to me by my
nephew, I find that 3*our motherowes
... t .1
-nr. i'iii i? s-o^iyju, a uiu wiy,
I am not far wrong in estimating lier
other debts at some ?300 more, crc
the and you would bo quito straight.
Mow I am willing to advanco you
?4,000 at four per cent., which will be
about ?100 per annum, leaving you
somo .C200 to live on, and at your majority,
which you tell mo is about a
year and a half from this time, you
will make over to mo tho principal of
the loan, is this according to your
ideas V"
"Gladly?thankfully will I do all
you Baj*," said tho girl, with glistening
eyes. "And I shall remain your
debtor till the last hour of 1113' life."
"I hope not."' said the banker, with
a grave smile. "1 should be very
sorry to think your life would bo a
very short one. But mind young
lady, I shall expect a punctual fulfillment
of tho engagement. It is easy
to promise in excitement, but tho
great thing is to perform in sober dull
earnest. However this timo will
prove."
He rang a silver bell as ho spoke,
and in another moment tho floor opened
and "Mr. Partridge, sir," was announced.
Blancho shrank back near to tho
old banker, as tho dark, overhung
eyes of tho usurer fell malignantly
upon her, and his thin, loosely-hung
figure advanced with exaggerated at
fcctation of rcspect to the chair pointed
out to him.
"Well, sir, I havo sent for you to
arrango your claims on tho widow of
the luto Admiral JDo G'ourey," said
Mr. Browulow sternly. "It amounts,
I find, to tho exorbitant sum of ?3,500."
"Pardon mc, sir, that is a slight
mistake* 31y claim against tho lady
in question is for ?5,000, nud I cannot
take a five pound note less."
"istnat yonr liual rcsolvo , sir?"
"My dear sir?-consider?yourself.
You are accustomed to business.
Evon at that the delay and anxiety
and risk roako mo a loser."
"That is a pity," said tho hanker,
scornfully. "Since, in that case, I
fear you will ho really ruined hy tho
result of this disgraceful business. In
a few words, sir, you aro a usurious
rascal, and have acted infamously in
lending such sums to a married lady,
without tho knowledge of hor husband.
You may thank^tlio filial devotion
and honor of this young lady for
receiving ono ponny of our unconscionablo
demand. Thcro is a check
for tho corrected amount; and if you
hesitato togivo a full receipt at once,
I pledgo a word which has nevor been
broken, that you shall bo exposed and
punished for your nefarious dealings,
and forfeit overy farthing of this illgotten
gain.
Thoro wcro few, perhaps, who
could have homo without quailing the
tern frown and determined tone of n
man accustomed to sway Jthe mono
tarv destinies of hundreds and thons
anus among his fellow-mon. And Mr,
Partridge's lips quivered, and his eye
lids lowered as ho drew his chair to the
table, and hurriedly wrote the quit
tance demanded by the great man.
"Thero, sir. begono 1*', was his part
ing dismissal. "And mind I ncvei
hear from you again, or you may noi
escapo so easHy."
Blanche De Courcy was not a gush
ing young lady, nor Mr. Urownlow i
demonstrative mau, and - yot, whoi
she involuntarily seized his hand am
pressed it to her libs, he brushed i
suspicions moisture from his eyes witl
his disengaged palm.;
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KJ JL.
If^ujiww?mumamamnarm rmuwuBJtwwi. Knoew
Months lengthened from winter fo
siumncr, ami winter to summer again,
and every quarter Krnest Paget vva,;
sent by his unolo*to receive I?is inlorcnt
IVoin the fair mortgagee. The
young man marvelled, perhaps at dm
comfort, ami even elegance, of the entire
entourage which mirrounded two
ladies whoso income only amounted
to .CliOO per annum. .Neither ho, or
any one save the worthy landlady
who assisted! Blanche's filial efforts,
cculd divino that tho luxuries which
31rs. J)eCourey calmly enjoyed as Iter J
right, wcro purchased at tho cost* of j
her daughter's incessant labors.?|
uiancno painieu ancl carved, and
worked elegant trifles in needlework,
and wrote graceful little tales for periodicals,
and in various ways, and at
tho expenso of health, reposo and
sleep, managed to earn enough to
hide from the selfish cause of all this
self-denial the eonsoquenco of her own
folly and criminal extravagance. Nor
did -Mrs. DeCourey observo that her
child's cheek was hollow and pale,
and her eyes becoming heavy and lustreless
from lack of sleep and recreation.
It was the mori.ing of Blanche's
twenty-firsfc birth-day, ami a short
note from Mr. Brown low had given
her notice that ho would expect her
and her mother at his oJllee at noon
to conclude the business "which had
gor.o on," ho was pleased to add, ' to
his perfect fal isfaction."
Perhaps Blanche prepared with an
unaccountable sadness for an interview
that would end all intercourse
with tho brusque yet kindly banker
and his nephew, who, alas for tho
young girl's peace! had, all unknowingly
to herself, won the heart, which,
II vi un, ill; unj I UIV) IIV 1. IU'VI.T
appeared to Beck. Poor .Blanche!
The thousands she was about to sign
away wero valueless in comparison
with tho love that she had so innocently
and so anxiously lavished on
the handsome and intellectual ncplijw
of tho millionaire.
And as she assisted her mother up
the staircaso that had become familiar
to her, and entered tho room that was
associated with such memorable
ovents, her heart sank moro coldly
and hopelessly than on that first interview
when her "all" had appeared
to hang on tho balance.
' Mr. Do Co arc}'," paid lI*o banker,
gravely, when ho had conducted that
lady to a seat near his amplo table, on
which deeds and papers were strewed
in confusion, "I have only ono thing
to say to you before I finish my bnsL
ness with your daughter. I consider
you about the most fortunate of wo
men ; first, to havo been tho choico of
a high-minded and noblo man, and
then to have been blessed with a devoted
and rarely gifted child. Kow to
business. You and my nephew can
witness Miss Do Courcy's signaturo to
the transfer of the ?4,000 to me, and
I will then destroy her engagement to
that effect."
If iMi'b. J.)c COurcy expected any
generous renunciation on Mr. Urownlow's
part, sho was disappointed.
Thc-wholo affair was formally concluded,
and the whilomo heiress reduced
to a pittance less than half her.
intended fortune. And still tbe banker
looked as calm and unmoved as if
ho had been receiving a dividend
from a Russian loau.
"Now, my dear," ho said, more
kindly, "we aro quits in a pecuniary
sense; but you onco wero good
enough to say that you would always
consider yourself my debtor. Do you
still acknowledge this unnecessary
stretch of gratitude?"
"lnueoa?inuccu I ao," -was tho
earnest reply, f'l can never?never
repay your generouB goodness."
"Then, my dear, I believo I can
give you an opportunity of discharging
any such obligation, and turning
the tables on mo, by making mo a
very happy old fellow. Ernest can
explain it better than I can; and if
you will just givo him a few minutes
in tho room whero you puzzled out
all j'our problems, you can see whether
this new task can bo as cheerfully
undertaken by you as the less onerous
ono you lir.vo performed."
What Ernest said, and how ho
mado the mystery clear to tho fair
girl's mind, was never known savo to
#tho two principally concerned. But
wo may cnablo our readers to guess
# 11 flint- l'a wonfln/f In /Infm'fa r\
this true and real history, by adding,
that some threo months afterwards
"Ernest Padget, Esq., of Fernidalo
and Belgrave Square," led to the altar,
"Blanche Mina, only child of the late
Admiral Do Courcv, of Tho Manor,
Southwold." And beneath tho plate
of tho bride at tho splendid weddingbrcr.kfast,
given by tho uncle of the
bridgrooin, was a email packet, containing
a check for ?4,200, as a free
and uncontrolled gift from Mr. Brownlow
to "his darling niece."
"And, my dear," ho whispered, "if
you havo nothing hotter in yonr little
head, you can fouud a scholarship for
young damsels who distinguish themselves
in the very rare feminino r.ccomplishments
of "accuracy and
arithmetic.^'
Washington, July 31 ?Tho Assistant
Treasuror at Now York has boon
' instructed to soli $1,000,000 of gold on
each Wednesday during the month of
1 August, and to purchase $1,000,000 in
1 bonds on each alternate Thursday
during tho month?commencing Au1
gust 4; and $2,000,000 on each alter*
1 nato Thursday?commencing August
11. Tho sales of gold during tho
month will thus amount to $5,000,000,
' and tho amount of bonds purchased
* j -Will DO *ti,UUU,UUU.
* Official adviccB from Fort Richardt
son represent that a part of Texas is
infested with Indians, armod with ro
volvers, carbines and rift*, and well
v mounted and clothed. Captain Mo*
Clellan, with fifty-five mdn, fonght
1 Ihem.in Hayler Copnty,' loSfnff* two
* and kilting fifteen. They- are .neliovi
ed to bo ronegado Indians iVom How
Mexico, to whom contraband triors
on the border supply arms.
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V Viil
THE 11IVAL BREECH-LOADERS
Tho Nec'.llo Gtia ami Uiq, Chasscpot
II' this now \v:ir do?:s not produce
some other weapon hitherto known
only to those accustomed lo inanipu
lato it in wcrot practice, tho Chasse
pot and tho Prussian breech-loader
will ho fairly tried against each other.
Cut thcro aro already suspieions or
rumors that each foe brings into the
light new weapons which will cotnpieto
tho test. Thcro is tho
j French mitrailleuse, it is said, which
can rain bullets iika hail. Thcro is
also tho Prussian kugelhitscn.?
Whether hail or conical shot will
carry the day it is impossible to say ;
but it is noticeablo that tho war of
the nineteenth century is transferred
to tho artisan's shop, and that diplomacy
and "tented fields" aro but
agencies and instruments wherewith
is obtained a trial of the inventive
gonins of bellieo.se nations*.
The Prussian needle gun is the invention
of -Mr. Creyso, a manufacturer
of arms at Sommcrda, who
spent over thirty years in Irying to
construct a perfect breech-loading
rille. The cartridge i:; inserted at tho
rear, and the ignition h produced by
the intrusion of a needle inin 1'nl.
minute attached to tlio cartridge.
The barrel is oii.OG inches long, ami is
rilled with four grooves down to Iho
breceh, whore tho ehambcr, or bed
for the cartridge, is smooth and si little
larger than the bore. Tho bed
enlarges slightly to the rear so a.i to
admit tho cartridge freely, and t?e |
lower part of the bore for a distance
of G.17 inches is enlarged so that the
bull is gradually compressed into the
grooves. Tho rear of the barrel is
conical, and is called the mouthpiece.
Over this part there is a six-sided
I cylinder, which holds all the mechanism
of the piece. The air-chamber,
next to the cylinder, has the needle,
pipo screwed into its breech. The
ball is spherico-eonicul. The charge of
powder is uli grains. The weight of
tho Prussian needle gun is 10.27
pounds to 11.3 pounds. The mechanism
can bo taken apart without screw
driver, vice, &c. It can bo safely
and easily cleaned, and the gun being
small is particularly adapted for use
in the contracted spaco of loopholes,
on horseback. A*e- Tim nl\5nr.ti/-?i?o
the Prussian needlo gun arc tlio clangor
of the' weakening of tho spiral
spring and tho possibility that
the needle may not bo propelled with
sufficient forco to picrco tho cartridge.
On account of tho caso and rapidity
with which it is . loaded, there is also
danger of a wasto of ammunition, as
tho soldier in tho heat of battle, will
often lire his piecc as fast as possible,
even when ho knows tho firing has
no cflect. To mske tho best uso of
the needle gun, tho soldier requires
special training. The Prussian army !
is very well trained to its use, and in J
this respect has an advantage over
the French, who have never been in
a great battle with their Chassepot.
The fircrfrm which has been adopted
by the French army is tho celebrated
Chassepot rifle, which is prob
ably the most efficient weapon over
put into tho hands of an army of infantry.
Jt resembles tho Prussian
ucedle gun, but possesses several improvements.
During tho Jate war between
Prussia and Austria, tho effective
work of tho newly invented
needle gun attracted the notico of all
fighting nations; and tho French, anticipating
that they would sometime
be called upon to punish Prussia for
her alleged arrogance and want of
Imnil* inini nrlifltnlir ent (n
.wvt.ttvwij UVW W ViiV 111vent
a weapon that should surpass the
needle gun in its power as an cngino
of war. The result was the invention
by M. Chassepot, after long and careful
study, having tho Prussian gun to
aid him and to improve upon. After
tho now viflo had been tested over and
over again, tho attention of tho Emperor
was invited to it, and it was
not long before ho was convinced of
its superiority, and ordered its adoption
in tho army. One of the principal
improvements which tho Chassepot
has over tho noecllo gun of Prussia
is that its movement is simpler,
and instead of being tightly inclosed
in tho breach by a cylinder, it is almost
fully exposed, and the employment
of India rubber as an obturator.
It is argued that tho Prussian gun, .
after it has been discharged soveral
times in quick succession, becomes
hot and damp in tho cylinder, owing
to tho inability of tho cas. which
comcs back aft&r tbo explosion of tho
cartridgo, to escape. Tho inside soon
becomes dirty, and tho soldier is required
to take his pioco apart and
clean it. Tho French gun is always
open, and whilo there is no gas shut
up in a chamber to corrodo tho metal,
it can in a moment bo cleansed from
dirt or rust, and tho soldier is always
ablo to quickly discover any accident
to his rilie. It is claimed that this
gun is not so easily clogged as tho
Prussian necdlo gun, and is moro substantially
built. Tho Chassopot is
handled in tho following' manner:
Whilo loading, hold tho gun in tho
left hand with tho butt end resting
on tho left hip. Tho lover Is then
turned with but ono movemont, from
right to left, and with another pulled
back, after which'tbo cartridgo is inserted
into tho opening thus effected.
By a third movemont?pushing back
I tho levor into its orierinuT nnmtinn?
tho gun bocomos ready to bo fired off.
The projectile is a rather long sing
with tho end rounded and pointed like
our rifle ball. Tho charge, whioh
attached to it in a paper covering,*!?
composed of a peculiar .pofadcr,
specially manufactured pur*
pose. Tho diatanco at wjpch this gun
carrios with certainty, is yery considerable?oVer
1,000 mot^oa. JJoth th'o
infantry and the chasg^urs havo only
the one model, but UA bayonets differ
in so far as thoae ojPthe chaSseurs are
sword bayonots.ff
Genorar^ra^ Sige! had twb of his
ribs brokeow being rui?. ovor; by a
darrisger in llfwuHay; New York, a
few; days afnee^ The driver Was afrrcaUdi^fast
driving*.. .
Jtfirj uY V JLJ.1 IS?J. It).
KJgBV?^ MWUi.L jaCBBMB?wwu?>
SCRAPS.
The President will bold a Cabinet
/meeting beforo going to St. Louis.
Tlio yacht America, now owned by
l.lio United States Navy, participate?
in tlio regatta for tho Queen's cup.
iSir.ec tbo beginning of tho ycur,
small pox lias caused as many as five
thousand deaths in Paris.
Tlio war fever is dying ont in Xew
York, but all anxiously await .tho
news of tho lirst battlo.
There is immense exultation in "England
at tho success of tho Cambria in
the international yacht raco.
Princo Pierro Bonaparte, It is said,
lias been dissipating over slncc tho
murder of Victor Noir, and strong
drink threatens to kill him.
Ttrn I fi /in 4 na a P <1aa4Y. - ? ' * -
U. 11 V wt VIIIVWVWO VI MViitll 111 illU
San rraneisco coroner's oflico read;
' Dod iVom rapture of tlio head," and
"'juJlbcatcd irom eating poison."
Louisa Mulilbacli lias an evident
spite against Mrs. Napoleon, as alio
lias just, completed a novel which sho
calls' ISugotiie; or, Mistress and Empress."
Charles C'ostun, colored, of Baltimore,
murdered his wifo on Thursday
l?y cutting lier throat with a razor.
The murderer lias been arrested. It
i.i is believed that ho is insane.
The debt statement shows a decrease
of over $17,000,000. Coin in
the Treasury S 10!{,000,000; currency
$38,000,000An
English lifo insurance company
lias liaid the insurnnno for 11?o /Inoiu
of .a man one hundred and threo
j-oars old, who took out his policy in
171)0. It is said lo bo tho first instance
in which an insurance has over
been payl on the life of a centenarian.
The Jacksonville (Fla.) Union Bays:
A livo nlligator thirteen feet long,
captured at Nolusia bar, xip tho river,
was brought to the city on the Darlington,
Thursday, and shipped North
on the Dictator on Friday.
The great 3-acht race for the Queen's
cup, won by tbo America twenty
years ago, lias been fixed to tako
placo on Monday, August 8th. A
number of tho fastest American
yachts and tho English yacht Cambria
will compete for tho prize.
The Courier oflico has been 'fmercifully
presorved" from destruction by
tho timely discovery of a shell, whih
had snugly cnsconccd itself in a neighboring
chimney-flue, that has luckily
not been used sinco tho war.
A servant <rirl in Philadelphia rob
bed hor employers and then turned
on the gas in till parts of tho hnn<?.
so as to suffocate l'.:-.mi. i^iic \\\\- ov
hai*. lwJ.
Two boys have died in ilirv.vr'mee,
Kansas, l'roin the c-U'ceta of over-exor
lion in climbing a greased poie oa
the 4th.
Tho Carlist movement in Spain lias
been abandoned?Don Carlos having
given offence to his adherents by 01foring
to serve against Prussia.
Senator Spraguo says there aro
12,000,000 sets of corsets imported
into the United States annually.
Thcso will pay, by a recent enactment,
$3,000,000 of revenue tax.
The late M. Provost Paradol promised
his Paris publishers n completo
"History of tho United States,"
which he intended to writo in this
country.
Tho j-acht Cambria, lately ongaged
in tho raco with tho Dauntloss, has
been sold to a member of tho Royal
Thames Yacht Club, for 5,500 guineas,
deliverable to tho purchaser in Docomber.
A special ambassador haa been appointed
to Franco by tho Chineso
CJovcrnmentJto offer satisfaction for
tho l'ocent outrages to French citizens.
Tho Emperor of Russia appoints
John Archimandrito and Inspector of
tho Ecclcsiastieal Seminary of Moscow,
as tho Archbishop of Alaska
and tho Aleutian Islands, to resufc>
either at San Francisco, Now York or
Sitka. Tho ealax*y will J>o paid from
tho Imperial.
Tho Revenue Department Is seeking
statistics in regard to tho tobacco
Manufactories in tho United States,
in ordor that a comparison with tho
amount of rovenuo from tobacco, may
show tho extent of tho frauds practiced
on tho government.
Tho Now York Tribune says: It
may relievo tho pious minds of thoso
who fancy that Chineso immigration
will make idolaters of ns, to learn
that tho Chinese shoomakors at North
Adams all go regularly to charoh on
tho Lord's Day, and that tho leader
of tho company is a zoalouB Methodist.
Making Newspapers.?Every column
of a newspaper contains from
fivo to twonty thousand distinct
pieces of metal, according to tho sizo
of tho papocand type. The displacement
of a single one makes an. orror.
Is it any wpricfor that errors occur?
in large offices professional proor-reatf*
ors ate kept, whoso praotioed eyes,
passing twico ovor dveryliqe of proof
detects most of the errors: a boy,
kept for that purpose, tii tt?o same
tlmo reading the copy* aloud. Still
mistakes are frequently found after
coming through'stfoh hands, nod probably
no newspapor or book was .over
published without errors that might
bo detected by tho morest novice. In
bpbk printing it is estimated that
proof-reading -costs -one quarter aa
much as the composition. In country
offices tho editor has to be 'his own
foreman, job pftnter,; book-keeper an<.i
almost everything pise, and if tho
name cft^-Q bad'^o bei oxeifoisod that is,
eeetnod> indiepensaVlp on Books, tho
country newspaper opttJ&'-fMM* pub-,
lished at boeanse o? %fc.?pejwe*